New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-10

forced to give way to some wretched upstart OF
Haunting French salad
States exclaims "1he Providence Journal"
must excuse us They do not know what 1t Is to
i've with a skunk in a cellar That The
Journal should request Republicans to excuse
It's trcachcrous course toward the Republican party
p,rl aIs indicates that it is in repentant mood.
3ut having played the part Of skunk in the
Republican cellar let it not expect a speedy
,arion. All that q skunk has a right to expect
Is that it will be put probation until it has
thoroughly fumigated itself.
Happy is the girl who wears the prettiest Easter
bonnet and the hen that lays the biggest Easter
egg.
The announcement that the Rev. DR.. Joseph
Parker will deliver an Grafton in Brooklyn on the
Life and Character of Henry Ward Beecher " Is
followed by an invitation from Plymouth Church
to preach at his convenience and to accept the hos
pitality of its leading members This will revive
the old tale that he Ia to become Mr.. Becchers
successor but il is evident from the action of the
Advisory Committee and tho consultations which
have been held that there is no foundation for the
report that the church is looking abroad for n
preacher. 1t certainly would be melancholy mis-
take ON the part of Plymouth Church to put an
Englishman in the pulpit long filled by so down
right and characteristic an American as Mr. Beecher
The church is under obligations to give Dr. Parker
a most cordial welcome when he comes to America,
for he was ono Of Mr.. Beechers most faithful and
conspicuous friends beyond the Atlantic. When it
issues n call for pastor it Will act wisely II
it selects young man of brilliant promise rather
Oh anha NJ stahl ahed
any event he should be an American.
Its far CRY from Albany To Arkansas, but Gov.
enor Hills Brooklyn speech got there all the
same Moreover, it got there In very good time
and condition. for the Governor was delivered Of
IL on February 22 and on March 1T appeared
in full in The Arkansas Gazette OF Little
Rock. We congratulate the Governor his
literary bureau; 1t is doing good work. It's
elcctrotype plates are Il superior quality, and
the Introductory panegyrics OF I-am-aDemocrat
Hin are perfectly beautiful. They titillate your
spinal cord like the sub-bass Of an organ until you
feel as IL you must stand risht up and give three
cheers for Carter Harrison, or Garland. or the
late Captain Isaiah Ryndes.
The Down East Yankee reply TO President Clevc-
lands non committal and verbose essay on Re-
SHIPS"
The public is glad to learn from Captain Samuels,
OF the Dauntess. that the story. cabled from
abroad, attributIng to him and the schooners
owner, Mr.. Colt. discordant and unpleasant rcla-
lions, ia wholly false. The captains manliness is
what would be expected Of a gallant American sea-
man. lie says that he and his boat were fairly
beaten. He claims the credit due him for his won
derful run OF 1928 miles IN twenty -four hours, the
greatest days work on record, and he comedies to
the Coronet the praise she has earned as fast,
weatherly boat. Everyone would have been
panied had Captain Samuels come back with mis-
mouth full Of apologies and fault-fndinga That
he frankly put his defeat on the ground Of the
Coronets superiority shows that the public's con-
Gdence in him as O sailor and gentleman was not
misplaced.
The verdict Of the Coroner's jury in the case OF
LYMAN s. Weeks, who murdered by burglar
in Brooklyn tho other day. is that the shooting
was done by an unknown man. The efforts OF the
detectives TO find the murderer have come to naught
and it looks as il the mystery would never be I'M
ravelled. Only slight clews werc left by the burg
lar, to be sure, but the manage ncht Of tho case
hardly reflects lustre on the Brooklyn detective
force.
Il is currently reported that Mr.. Vanderbilts
steam yacht Alva while built in an American ship
wand was modelled after an English craft 1t
is even stated that the designs and drawings
were obtained abroad. II this be true, the reported
failure of the yacht to make the speed which was
expected and the increased displacement Of the
vessel, are interesting facts which the news
agency of tho Bureau Of Navigation should i'm
medately record. Most Of the recent cruisers and
broadsides added to the English Navy have the
same faults-diminished speed and increased dis
placement If an American steam yacht built after
Enqlishdesgns is weak in the same respects. 1t
will be another warning to the Navy Department
not to build too many English cruisers.
There Is striking contrast between the treat
ment Of nerocs by the Art Students League
and the Young Mems Institute in the Bowcry
and the credit is not on the side of the branch oil
the Youn; Mems Christian Association
IL is sorry commentary upon English civili2a
ZION that Ireland should have been conquered four
hundred years ago and yet cannot be trusted to
convict It's own murderers. History records no
failure in the government Of a subject race COM
plete and disastrous as tins. Tho island has been
ru,ed by England century after century. ana yet
forcc-bills, the suspension of habeas corpus and
tie most unusual expedients for securing the con-
vicllon of criminals are considered necessary by
tine Government Of the day.
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PERSONAL
Blshop Harris Of Michigan, will preach to-day in
iloly Trinity l.. Il. Church, Philadelphia.